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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.088 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter Date: May 20, 1782 Pagination: 1 p. 27 x 21 cm Order a Copy

Signature and salutation has been clipped-off. Discussion of British seriousness about peace, defeat of De Grasse in the West Indies, other war news. Also mentions: Distrust of British, French fleet, West Indies, Count De Grasse-Defeat of, Virginia House of Delegates, Mr. Tyler.

Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788

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